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“The internet is a series of tubes”

Today’s 4radio Morning Report first highlighted for me the story of Senator Ted Stevens’s rather large gaff (and yes, I know that puts me way behind the curve). The guy in charge of regulating e-commerce in the United States thinks the internet is a series of tubes. Tubes that can be filled and blocked.

Here’s Jon Stewart’s take:
[flashvideo filename=”http://sjhoward.co.uk/video/tubes.flv” title=”The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)” /]
Now my worry is: To whom do I report an internet leak? And if ten people watch that video, my personal internets may be delayed.

This post was filed under: News and Comment, Technology, Video.

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